Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 20:3

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 20:3 - 20:3

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 20:3 - 20:3

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20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:5 - 20:5
20:7 - 20:7
20:9 - 20:9
20:10 - 20:10
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:14 - 20:14
20:15 - 20:15
20:16 - 20:16
20:18 - 20:18

not called thy name Pashur. Pashhur is the foreign Aramaic name, given by his parents. Jeremiah takes this Aramaic name and interprets it in Hebrew (as Isaiah had done in Jer_8:1, Jer_8:3). Pash = to stay (or remain on), gur = to sojourn or wander about in a strange land. Aramaean sehor = Hebrew. sabib. Hence, "Thy name is not staying on, but wandering about. "Compare Jer_20:3 with Jer_20:6. The opposite of Isa_8:1, Isa_8:3.

Magor-missabib. Hebrew. Magor- missabib = terror-round about, or fear on every side. Compare Jer_20:10; Jer_6:25; Jer_46:5, &c.